I believe, it's a human nature; we love to hear good thing about us. It makes us feel good, rite? And in fact, compliment could works to motivate someone. Indirectly, it brings positive elements in our day / life which is a good thing for everyone to practice. Yet, you need to know that praise can be classified into three types;

Dan penerimaan saya terhadap pujian is slightly different. Not saying dat I don't like it but am simply not believe in it. I don't believe when people say I'm pretty, smart, etc etc etc because I know my weaknesses and I tend to think dat people say those things just to please me. In the other hand, it shows that am a low self-esteem person. Believe me.

On top of dat, I'm practice different way in terms of giving praise to people. I am normally praise someone in front others instead of directly to that person. This probably by my mum's upbringing. I don't know about your childhood. But mine, Mama won't say good thing about me if she talked with neighbor. All I can hear was,

"Syuhada memang malas baca buku"

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"Syuhada tak penah pown wt keja uma"

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"Syuhada mmg kuat tgk tv"

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yadayadayadayada...

All are the negative ones. Kecik hati ogey. So, one day I decided to ask Mama. Why she needs to say the bad things about me to neighbor? It's not healthy especially when I can hear all that. It make me feels, "aku x ckup bagus kew?" "aku x ckup rajin kew?" "result aku x ckup bagus kew nk ckp aku malas baca buku?"You know, that kind of feelings. sigh.

I admit there are few people yg terasa hati dgn saya bile saya tak pernah nk puji depan-depan. But they have no idea that I always say good things about them in front others. That's how I appreciate and value them. As a matter of fact, I don't need people to say all the sweet / nice things right in front of me tp ble kt belakang segala aib, buruk, cacat-cela sume ko jaja dekat owg. That is so plastic and not acceptable!

Each and every single of us has our own flaws. We can never be perfect. Dan sesungguhnya, segala puji-pujian hanya kepada Allah s.w.t.